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## Week of January 26th
### Team Meeting
* January 28th: I attended the first team meeting on campus.
* January 28: I attended the first team meeting on campus.
* I familiarized myself with the VIP's syllabus.
* I examined the RiSC-16's [sequential implementation](https://user.eng.umd.edu/~blj/RiSC/RiSC-seq.pdf) and [instruction-set architecture](https://user.eng.umd.edu/~blj/RiSC/RiSC-isa.pdf).
* I partnered up with [Tim](https://github.com/NYU-Processor-Design/nyu-processor-design.github.io/blob/main/src/design_notebooks/2026spring/tc3956.md) to start the RiSC-16 onboarding project.
* We set weekly meeting time at 2 P.M. every Monday.

## Week of February 2nd
## Week of February 2
### RiSC-16 Onboarding Project
* A Github repo of the RiSC-16 onboarding project was created and shared with [Noah](https://github.com/NYU-Processor-Design/nyu-processor-design.github.io/blob/main/src/design_notebooks/2026spring/nm4207.md).
* February 7th: [Tim](https://github.com/NYU-Processor-Design/nyu-processor-design.github.io/blob/main/src/design_notebooks/2026spring/tc3956.md) and I finished the two modules of Assignment 2 of the onboarding project, collaborating using Live Share extension on Virtual Studio Code.
* February 7: [Tim](https://github.com/NYU-Processor-Design/nyu-processor-design.github.io/blob/main/src/design_notebooks/2026spring/tc3956.md) and I finished the two modules of Assignment 2 of the onboarding project, collaborating using Live Share extension on Virtual Studio Code.
* We implemented the instruction memory and program counter.
* Flu-like viral infection restricted me and [Tim](https://github.com/NYU-Processor-Design/nyu-processor-design.github.io/blob/main/src/design_notebooks/2026spring/tc3956.md) from meeting at intended time.

## Week of February 9th
## Week of February 9
### RiSC-16 Onboarding Project
* February 10th and February 11th: [Tim](https://github.com/NYU-Processor-Design/nyu-processor-design.github.io/blob/main/src/design_notebooks/2026spring/tc3956.md) and I finished the two modules of Assignment 2 of the onboarding project, collaborating using Live Share extension on Virtual Studio Code.
* February 10 and February 11: [Tim](https://github.com/NYU-Processor-Design/nyu-processor-design.github.io/blob/main/src/design_notebooks/2026spring/tc3956.md) and I finished the two modules of Assignment 2 of the onboarding project, collaborating using Live Share extension on Virtual Studio Code.
* We implemented the arithmetic logic unit (ALU) and data memory.
* Post-illness fatigue restricted me and [Tim] from finishing the assignment in one meeting, so we splitted into two meetings.

## Week of February 16th
## Week of February 16
### RiSC-16 Onboarding Project
* February 16th and February 18th: [Tim](https://github.com/NYU-Processor-Design/nyu-processor-design.github.io/blob/main/src/design_notebooks/2026spring/tc3956.md) and I finished the two modules of Assignment 3 of the onboarding project, collaborating using Live Share extension on Virtual Studio Code.
* February 16 and February 18: [Tim](https://github.com/NYU-Processor-Design/nyu-processor-design.github.io/blob/main/src/design_notebooks/2026spring/tc3956.md) and I finished the two modules of Assignment 3 of the onboarding project, collaborating using Live Share extension on Virtual Studio Code.
* We implemented the register file and control. We also ensured every positive clock edge write to the correct location in memory.
* We were able to meet at the intended time; however, time constraints and conflicts necessitate to finish this in two separate meetings.
### Team Meeting
* February 18th: I attended the second team meeting on Zoom due to delaying MTA trains.
* February 18: I attended the second team meeting on Zoom due to delaying MTA trains.

## Week of February 23rd
* February 23rd: [Tim](https://github.com/NYU-Processor-Design/nyu-processor-design.github.io/blob/main/src/design_notebooks/2026spring/tc3956.md) and I finished the module of Assignment 4 of the onboarding project, collaborating using Live Share extension on Virtual Studio Code.
## Week of February 23
### RiSC-16 Onboarding Project
* February 23: [Tim](https://github.com/NYU-Processor-Design/nyu-processor-design.github.io/blob/main/src/design_notebooks/2026spring/tc3956.md) and I finished the module of Assignment 4 of the onboarding project, collaborating using Live Share extension on Virtual Studio Code.
* We implemented the ALU testbench. We also wondered whether a dedicated folder should be created for testbenches.
* Another module (Sixth RiSC-16 Module:
Control Module) of the onboarding project was included in the assignment slides, ofwhich not much information was shared. We henceforth decided not to accomplish it for now.
* We were able to meet at the intended time.
* We were able to meet at the intended time.

## Week of March 2
### RiSC-16 Onboarding Project
* March 2: [Tim](https://github.com/NYU-Processor-Design/nyu-processor-design.github.io/blob/main/src/design_notebooks/2026spring/tc3956.md) and I started Assignment 5 of the onboarding project. However, we could not finish due to upcoming midterms so decided to proceed in the following week.
### Team Meeting
* March 4: I attended the third team meeting in-person and chose to be working with [Noah](https://nyu-processor-design.github.io/design_notebooks/2026spring/nm4207.html) and [Ghala](https://nyu-processor-design.github.io/design_notebooks/2026spring/gb2789.html) in the Core team.

## Week of March 9
### RiSC-16 Onboarding Project
* March 11th: [Tim](https://github.com/NYU-Processor-Design/nyu-processor-design.github.io/blob/main/src/design_notebooks/2026spring/tc3956.md) and I started Assignment 5 of the onboarding project. We successfully compiled and ran our RiSC-16 processor with the provided testbench and confirmed all outputs were corrects.

## Week of March 16
### Spring Break

## Week of March 23
### Onboarding Lab
* March 28: I finished Onboarding Lab 1 and pushed it into [a personal GitHub repository](https://github.com/baolgn/proc-design_onboarding_lab-1).